Buzz Vox for May 1, 2011

“I never thought I’d be calling in a Vox that seemed to be taking up from Martha Stewart but I will say one thing, while I violently disagree with the fact that she lied during her trial and thus ended up convicted of a felony, how many of the bankers and Wall Street people have ever ended up in jail for lying and stock manipulation? Look at what’s going on in Wall Street in the last four years and tell me if you think Martha Stewart was adequately and properly convicted because I don’t. I am not defending the illegality; I’m just saying to look at it with a broader picture.”

THE HERITAGE

“Regarding The Heritage sponsor, Sen. Jim DeMint said, ‘In recent years some companies were cautious about spending during the recession that may be over.’ Wow. DeMint actually noticed we are in a recession. It would be a lot worse if DeMint had succeeded in allowing our financial sector to collapse. Now he’s spurting with an economic disaster over the debt ceiling. DeMint doesn’t want it to be over.”

EASTER

“Yesterday was Easter and I spent it with my family and we had more food than we could possibly eat. I had just watched a show where I saw kids putting grass in their mouth just to keep them alive and I’ll tell you what, it does take away from your blessings. We all need to do something to help these kids who have nothing to eat. How can you enjoy a sandwich when they are eating straw?”

“Here’s a little Easter story that might be of interest. I, like unfortunately hundreds of other folks, am behind on my credit card debt. Easter morning I received a phone call at 8:10 a.m. from this particular company then one again at 8:40 a.m. from this particular company and again last night at 8:50 p.m. from the same company. I’m in the process of writing them a very professional letter but also informing them that they are way, way down on my priority list for payment.”

BT

“Christopher Wuensch’s tribute to his newborn daughter is one of the major reasons I subscribe to your paper. It was beautiful. Congratulations to the family. Thank you BT. You rock.”

“Courtney Hampson’s column always rocks. And I really enjoyed the Wounded Warrior Foundation column. It told me things about the folks in this community that I did not know and I am glad I live here. You rock, BT.”

“In response to the sorry Bill Roe and Obama can’t fix the economy because it’s not his fault and it will take 40 years to fix it, well all I have to say is ‘wow.’ I guess what you are saying is that no Democrat can fix the economy and it will take them 40 years.”

“‘Don’t pump up the volume’ was an extremely well-written editorial. Unfortunately most children can’t or won’t get the message until it’s way too late but thank you for writing it. I must say that I just assume the whole staff at BT is very young. It’s nice to read something from the very young that makes a lot of sense. Really, a lot of sense. Thank you BT.”

Editor’s note: The average age of this newsroom is 41. We’re all young at heart.

“I’m really disappointed with your book review, particularly the last edition of your paper and also in previous editions. The book she reviewed is absolutely trash. I don’t know who would want to buy it. With all the great books we have out there and wonderful authors, I really wish she would choose her books with more discretion. You should have someone else do it, or ask her to please bury her reading interests.”

BIRTH CERTIFICATES

“So now all of you can shut your traps about Obama’s birth certificate. It wasn’t a priority at the time since he was out trying to clean up Bush’s mess, but since all you Republicans thought you knew it all, I guess he waited for the right moment in time to shut everyone up. Ask and you shall receive. Now what do you have to say? Oh wait, someone is going to say it was doctored, right?”

“I understand Shepp Smith of FOX News wrote the story last night that we now have proof of President Obama’s citizenship. He was, in fact, born in Hawaii and they have the document they needed. There goes my theory that he was the coming of the second Messiah. And also, what the heck Mr. Trump?”

BLUFFTON GRIPES

“I hope the Vox prints this. This is to a lady from Sun City who almost caused me to wreck this morning. ... You were driving a white car. You caused me to run down into a ditch and almost have a wreck and you weren’t even going to stop. You owe me a tire lady. Vox, please print this because she needs to get off the road.”

“When does the law go into effect that commercials are not allowed to be louder than the shows? They are driving me crazy.”

“I found it quite amusing that I just drove by the Palm House in Island West subdivision and I saw the Fire Marshall inspecting stuff and he was walking around with a cigarette in his hand.”

WAR

“The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and now Libya have collectively cost billions but it seems Republicans are still pretending that domestic social justice programs are responsible for the huge national debt.”

RIGHT AND LEFT

“Once again our local politicians are going to make another problem for us by finding new ways to tax us. They are going to get legislation that if we buy things from Amazon we will now be taxed on it. Why don’t we just pass the law that we have to turn over all our earnings to the politicians then they can sit in Columbia and decide how much we should get for what?”

“Are our loud-mouth local lefties seriously still blaming George Bush because President Obama has accomplished nothing?”

“I am sure there are many Americans who are as upset as I am about Obama giving drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico to a foreign country and then telling Brazil that we will be their best customer. Let’s stop this ridiculous action and give drilling rights to an American country. Where are our elected officials in this matter? Ann Marie Primarolo, Sun City.”

“After a very sleepless night where I had some rather strange dreams — I had dreamt that the antichrist had taken over the Democrats and was now in the White House. I know this sounds strange but I’d like to know if anyone else has suffered through this. It is very agonizing and long-lasting. I don’t know whether it was the antichrist or the beast but I had a very real dream and I am still not over it yet. Has anyone else experienced this kind of thought?”

“I love liberals. Never let a good fact get in the way. One Vox caller claims it’s George Bush’s fault that S&P lowered our credit rating. The credit rating gets lowered for the first time in the third year of Obama’s term and it’s George Bush’s fault. You are delusional.”

“It is almost 116 weeks into the Obama presidency and everything has slid downhill. We have a caller who is still blaming George W. Bush. If ignorance is bliss that person must be ecstatic.”

“We are buying a home in Sun City and on Monday, just before we left to go home, we stopped by Magnolia Hall. We heard the Sun City Chorus rehearsing for their concert. They have a fabulous sound. They are a very professional-sounding group. What a talent. We can’t wait to move to Sun City.”

“Barack Obama’s appointing a task force to find out why gas prices are so high is like O.J. Simpson appointing a task force to find out who killed Nicole Simpson.”

MONEY TALKS

“Can somebody explain to me why we would borrow money from China to give away to other countries? If they need the money, why doesn’t China give it to them? Why should we borrow it?”